Min-Hyun Kim, PhD, is an assistant professor of nutrition at Arizona State University. He investigates the molecular mechanisms of obesity and diabetes. Particularly, his laboratory studies how diet regulates gene expression, and the effect of these diet-gene interactions on metabolic hormones such as leptin and insulin. Before joining the faculty at ASU in 2022, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan Medical School, where he studied the epigenetic regulation of leptin signaling pathways. Kim earned his Ph.D. in nutritional sciences from the University of Florida.
Education
Post-Doc. Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School
Ph.D. Nutritional Sciences, University of Florida
B.S. and M.S. Food and Nutrition, Yonsei University, South Korea
Dr. Kim investigates the molecular mechanisms of obesity and metabolic syndrome. His research goal is to develop nutritional strategies for the prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes. Current work in the laboratory is focused on:
Epigenetic regulation of leptin and insulin signaling pathways.
The effect of intermittent fasting on metabolic health.
The effect of maternal nutritional status on the metabolic health of offspring.